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Bill: Limiting Weapon Ownership Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Centrist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2574
Description[?]:
| Should potential killers (people with a background of dangerous mental illness or violent crimes) really have free access to any kind of firearm? |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Current: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Proposed: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Weapons allowed to private citizens.
Old value:: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Current: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Proposed: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, but these may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:55:13, May 09, 2008 CET | From |  Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Limiting Weapon Ownership Bill |
| Message | Both of these bills should be common sense really. |
| Date | 10:03:48, May 10, 2008 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Limiting Weapon Ownership Bill |
| Message | "Any type of weapon" is the dangerous existing part: it entitles people to own things that fall far outside the realms of self-defence or sport. |
| Date | 22:04:29, May 10, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Limiting Weapon Ownership Bill |
| Message | Exactly, FDP. |
| Date | 00:54:09, May 11, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Centrist Party | To | Debating the Limiting Weapon Ownership Bill |
| Message | I don't understand, how can you accept that a mentally insane person could buy a rocket launcher without any control? |
| Date | 01:48:07, May 11, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Limiting Weapon Ownership Bill |
| Message | Reason plays no part in the decision making of an ideologue, DCP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 331 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 419 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Selucia is Particracy's modern take on Ancient Rome, located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight." - Barry Goldwater |